JoeSchmoe

Trying to read between the lines of every interview and report from the team is an exercise in futility. Kind of like a crazed fan trying to interpret Beatles lyrics. Unless you've got hard news, it's better to sit back, enjoy the games, and have some Arby's.

Oh man... This team is looking real good as of late!!! Off season wise, all Adams has to is let our young talent get another year older, ship out some of our top scorers like Tuch and Peterka that don't play the game the right way, and plug in some speedy 4th liners that do. The tried and true formula!!! Can't wait for 25-26!!!!

WE'RE GOING TO THE CUP!

Listening on the radio. Could Lindy have told Muel to leave?

That may or may not be true, but Zucker and his 44pts in 54 games elected to take a pay cut to stay on this high tax no palm tree team instead of testing the market. I'll take Adams at his word.

His lack of certainty on the topic spoke to me that he's not part of the plan. Personally, I think he's the most overrated guy on the team (including Power), and his a total liability unless Dahlin is making him look good. Hopefully we can give him a cheap bridge deal and move him to a team who's still buying the hype and not looking at the actual on ice play.

All in all I thought it was a pretty good press conference. His comments about Cozens being really emotional about leaving and Zucker falling in love with the being a Buffalo Sabre tells me it's not all doom and gloom as most of us like to believe.

All told, today was a good day. While there's a ton of work left to do, we are better now than we were. I get the frustration of 14 years... But if you and your dad picked today to abandon the team, you're doing it wrong.

Joki is easily an effective top 6 D in this league... Top 4 IMO given he's a RHD. If a 4th is all we could get for him, we should have kept him... Especially since resigning Byram is such a bad idea.

I agree, but there's a case to be made the senior guys are ahead of him (not that I agree with it). Given Benson is more senior than the rest of the bunch, someone needs to go.

We have to get a lot better that this to make the playoffs. Also, if Benson can barely crack the 4th line, what do we do with the other 3 1st rounders in Rochester. We gotta deal some of these guys and upgrade our top 9.

Screw what the talking heads are saying... This is great news! He's one of the few true vets in the room. He's one of our best PP guys and plays with heart. We need more Zuckers and less youth. Edit: Give him Samuelson's letter next year, and if we can get another guy like him give that guy Cozens'.

Maybe they'll trade him for someone that plays the game the right way.

Remember when we thought we could replace Skinner's, Mittelstadt's, and Olofsson's production with a bunch of 4th liners that played the right way?!?!

Man... We're were supposed to be good this year. Too good for this guy.

Palm trees too!

I thought it was a possibility, though if I had to wager on it, I too would have bet against a signing.

I'm the OP and that was the intent. Given our lack of palm trees, we're limited in what we could get in free agency. Signing news is good news. Signing Greenway, Joki, and Zucker is certainly better than losing them for nothing. History has shown they'll be replaced by more youth. The last thing this team needs is a player like Rosen being slotted info the Greenway role.

He's from upstate NY. It's possible he likes Buffalo just as well as anywhere else. The cap is going up too so that's not an exorbitant amount of money to pay him.

Separate him from Dahlin and he's a liability. Please move this guy.

Dahlin and Thompson agaisnt AHL players wouldn't be fair. Like Canada or the US playing Switzerland in the Olympics.

👍 I was being facetious. 😉 Maybe tomorrow I'll wait until the afternoon to first log into Sabrespace only to see the Poltapov thread way at the top and still no trade/signing threads.